The British Army has a requirement to provide core training for new Welfare Officers in order to give them an insight into the welfare issues they are likely to encounter and the wider community to have an awareness that the pressures of everyday life can lead to issues which affect mental well being.

Pearson TQ deliver vocational training courses and programmes to over 1,600 junior soldiers at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate each year. This UK Ministry of Defence institution attracts 16 year old school leavers from across the UK that wish to join the Army.